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Significant Change to Progress 8 for 2018; Outliers are Out

In January 2018, the Department for Education released their latest update on Secondary School Accountability measures.  It seems a number of people missed the significant change to Progress 8 that a number of groups, including Headteachers’ Roundtable, had been calling for.  Continue reading →

Research Plus Evidence = Wisdom #rEDBlackpool

Thanks to everyone who made #rEDBlackpool such an enjoyable event to be part of.  The brilliant team who organised it; the generous speakers who came to present and the fabulous attendees who gave up half their weekend to come and listen.  This is my presentation and a few notes. Continue reading →

Let’s Go Big or Go Home: Workload Reform in the Classroom

The accountability system is creaking and driving too much of the wrong type of work; sorting it is a necessary step in addressing workload. This would still leave much to do. Teachers’ contact ratio is currently too high; we exacerbate the problem by providing poor quality irrelevant CPD.

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